CLAUDIA R. FIEO
Professor of Art, Department of Visual Art and History of Art
Hannah Goldberg Chair in Teaching Innovation
Wheaton College
26 E. Main Street, Norton, Massachusetts 02766
work: 508-286-3571
fieo_claudia@wheatoncollege.edu
www.claudiafieo.com
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EDUCATION
M.F.A. in Printmaking
Il Bisonte International School of Advanced Printmaking through Rosary College, Graduate School of Art, Florence, Italy
M.A. in Printmaking
Rosary College, Graduate School of Art, Villa Schifanoia, Florence, Italy
B.F.A. in Graphic Design
Carnegie-Mellon University, College of Fine Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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SELECTED GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Autumn Light, Sanford Gallery, Florence, MA
Crossings and Transpositions, The University City Art Museum of the Guangzhou Fine Arts Academy,Guangzhou, China
Digital Exhibition: Blue Wave, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
2018
On Paper/Under Glass, Contemporary Prints from the Permanent Collection, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Emanation; the flow of light, Sanford Gallery, Florence, MA
2017
Vision/Revision, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Printmakers of Zea Mays, The Greg Hardwick Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
The Unity of Opposites, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2016
The Unity of Opposites, A.P.E Gallery, North Hampton, MA
Pressing On, University of Rhode Island, Main Art Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2015
Unique Impressions V, Zullo Gallery Center for the Arts, Medfield, MA
2014
Proof Positive, Converse Gallery, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2012
Score 2012, Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Inklings, traveled to Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
2011
The 33rd Bradley International Juried Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Peoria, IL
Inklings, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington D.C.
Macro/Micro, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2010
Recent Work, Faculty Exhibition, Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
2009
The Sculptural Element, The Courthouse for the Arts, Kingston, RI
2008
Arc of Intent: Claudia R. Fieo, Selected Works, 1988-2008, (solo exhibit) Beard & Weil Galleries,Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Four In Print, Stevens Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
34th Anniversary at Hera Gallery, Wakefield RI
2007 Hera Goes to Court, Courthouse for the Arts, Kingston, RI
2005
Paradigmorphics, (solo exhibit) Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Off the Press - 10 Printmakers, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
Hot off the Press, Samuel Chien Gallery, Central Connecticut State College, New Briton, CT
Under Pressure, Strathmore Hall, Bethesda, MD
The Progressive Print, Loomis Chaffee, Windsor, CT
2004
Process Into Print, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
The Message and the Medium, (four-person exhibit), City Gallery, New Haven, CT
The Printed Image, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
2003
Works by Women From the Boston Public Library, Wiggin Gallery, Boston Public Library, curated by Sinclair Hitchings, Keeper of Prints
Collective Independence, Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven, CT
2002
Trends in Printmaking, John Slade Ely House; Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2001
Changing Directions: Faculty Exhibition, Davis Court Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Prints: Process and Content, Paul Mellon Art Center Gallery, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT
2000
Claudia Fieo: Recent Work, (solo exhibit) Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery, Providence College, Providence, RI
The Intimate Print, The Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Works on Paper, The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Impressions: The Art of the Print, Selections from the Wheaton College Collection, Watson Gallery,Wheaton College, Norton, MA
1999
In Sight, (solo exhibit) University of Massachusetts Medical Center Gallery, Worcester, MA
1998
Rising to the Surface, (solo exhibit) 221 Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Re: Currents, (solo exhibit) 1521 Cafe Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Re: Generation, (solo exhibit) Blithwold Mansion and Gardens, Bristol, RI
The Bestiary and Other Illuminations, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
1997
Re: Turnings, (solo exhibit) Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
epiphanies, (solo exhibit) Cobble Court Mansion, Haverford, PA
Sanctuary, Maurine and Robert Rothchild Gallery, Boston, MA
1995
Printmakers’ Network 95, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
1994
Connecticut Printmakers, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
Inspired by the Garden, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
Art in the Hospital, The Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
1993
TWO IN ONE SHOW, Chiaroscuro, (two-person exhibition), Watson Gallery, Wheaton College,
Norton, MA
The Evolution of the Print, Bradley International Airport, Hartford, CT
South Shore Art Center 38th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cohassett, MA
1992
Art Faculty Exhibition, Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Winona, MN
1991
Claudia Fieo: Prints, (solo exhibit) Jefferson Bank, Haverford, PA
1989
Italian Landscapes, (traveling solo exhibit) Lower Merion High School,
Ardmore, PA; and Perkiomen Valley Elementary School, Perkiomen, PA
Juried Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juried Exhibition, Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
1988
Juried Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juried Exhibition, Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
1987
Claudia Fieo: Prints, Drawings, Watercolors, (solo exhibit) Quissett Gallery, Haverford, PA
Le Stampe Internazionale, The British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
1986
Paessagi, (solo exhibit) The British Library, Florence, Italy
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GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, AND AWARDS
2019
Marvin Bileck Printmaking Project 2019 Visiting Artist, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Ballinglen Arts Foundation Artist Fellow, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland
PrintCamp2019 Artist-in-Residence, Printmakers Open Forum, Oxford, PA
Arnold Summer Research Grant, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
2018
Provost Summer Research Award, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Certificate in Green Printmaking: Intaglio, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
IMAGINE Art and Technology Course Transformation Grant, Relief Printmaking, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
2017
IMAGINE Art and Technology Grant, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
IMAGINE Art and Technology Course Transformation Grant, Printmaking Approaches and Techniques,Wheaton College, Norton, MA
2016
Provost's Summer Research Award, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Residency at Sarah Amos Studios, Enosburg Falls, VT
2013
Arnold Summer Research Grant, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
1998
Juror’s Choice Award, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
1997
Gebbie Faculty/Student Research Award, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
1994
Juror’s Recognition Award, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
1989
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Artist In Residence Award, Perkiomen Valley Elementary School, Perkiomen, PA
1988
William P. Eberhart Memorial Award, Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
1987
Lew London Memorial Award, Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
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HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1992-- Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Professor of Art, printmaking and graphic design
Hannah Goldberg Endowed Chair in Teaching Innovation, awarded May 2019 for five years
Chair, Department of Visual Art and History of Art, 2003-2006; 2016-2019
1991-92 Winona State University, Winona, MN
Assistant Professor of Art, printmaking and graphic design
1988-91 Hussian School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Instructor, printmaking
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OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019
Visiting Artist, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Juror, Congressional Art Exhibition, Office of Congressman Joe Kennedy III, Attleboro, MA
2018
Instructor, Printmaking Workshop, Pochoir Reimagined, The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Visiting Artist, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Juror, Congressional Art Exhibition, Office of Congressman Joe Kennedy III, Attleboro, MA
2017
Graphic Designer, 25th Anniversary Catalogue, Printmakers Network of Southern New England
Juror, Congressional Art Exhibition, Office of Congressman Joe Kennedy III, Attleboro, MA
2016
Juror, New Haven Clay and Paint Club Members Exhibition, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
2010-2016
Treasurer, Printmakers Network of Southern New England
2013
Juror for exhibit, Liquid, The Next Door Gallery, Mansfield, MA
2012
Printmaking workshop for cancer patients, Dana Farber Cancer Center, Boston, MA
Printmaking workshop for Art Therapy students, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
2009
Silk Organza Collagraph Two-Day Workshop, Zea Mays Printmaking Studio, Florence, MA
2003
Visiting Artist, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH
Juror for exhibit, High Art, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
1991
Graphic Designer, Please Touch Museum for Children, Philadelphia, PA
1990-91
Art Consultant, Devereux Foundation, Devon, PA
1988
Artist in Residence, The Philadelphia School, Philadelphia, PA
1988-91
Graphic Designer, Didona Design Associates, Bala Cynwyd, PA
1987-91
Art Teacher, Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
1988-89
Fine Artist, Goodwin Fine Arts, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1985
Printer's Apprentice, Studio Il Nascondiglio, Gaiole in Chianti, Italy
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wheaton Magazine, “Professor’s art drawn from life," Amy Dumont, spring, 2009,
The Sun Chronicle, 'Wheaton’s professor’s art exhibit opens today," September 4, 2008
The Sun Chronicle, 'printmakers take center stage," March 18, 2004
Chronicle, Willimantic, CT, "A decade of prints," Janice Steinhagen, July 31, 2003.
Miller, Nicholas A., Modernism, Ireland and the Erotics of Memory, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Artwork was chosen for the jacket design.
Evelyn Staudinger Lane, ed., Impressions: The Art of the Print, Selections from the Wheaton College Collection,Wheaton College, Norton, MA, 2000.
The Providence Journal, "Nature inspired abstracts," Channing Gray, March 2, 2000.
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COLLECTIONS
Ballinglen Arts Foundation Museum, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland
Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library Special Collections and Archives, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, Connecticut
Staubitz Designs, Collinsville, Connecticut
University City Art Museum of the Guangzhou Fine Arts Academy, Guangzhou, China
Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts
Arjo Wiggins, Specialty Papers, New York and Paris Collections
Zea Mays Printmaking Gallery and Studio, Florence, Massachusetts
Numerous private collections
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Monotype Guild of New England
Printmakers Network of Southern New England
Southern Graphics Council International
Zea Mays Printmaking